Installing the Windows software iSCSI initiator
You can attach a Microsoft Windows host to the system by using iSCSI.
Before you begin
Ensure that you followed the steps for configuring your system for iSCSI host attachment.
About this task
Procedure
When you run the installation program for the initiator,
you see a list of components to install:
- Initiator Service.
- Software Initiator.
- Microsoft MPIO Multipathing Support for iSCSI.
The first two options are required. Be sure that you select
them. MPIO support is useful if you have a redundant IP network configuration
and you want to protect your host I/O against network hardware failures.
Note: MPIO
support is not required to support online system maintenance such
as code updates due to IP failover between nodes
in the I/O groups.